Radmind Manual for Mac OS X

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radmind Manual for OS X - page 1
Radmind Manual for Mac OS X
By Ofir Gal (ofir@gal.co.uk)
With the help of the Radmind development team and members of the Radmind mailing list
V0.50 - Monday, March 27, 2006
For latest version of this document go to
http://www.gal.co.uk/software/radmind/
Radmind was created by the Research Systems UNIX Group at The University of Michigan
For more information and latest release go to http://www.radmind.org/Radmind Manual for OS X - page 2
1. The basic idea
Radmind (remote administration daemon) is a client management system that allows you to
create a specific setup on a single Mac OS X system and then be able to implement the same
setup on multiple clients. Most importantly, Radmind enables you to install updates and new
apps on a single Mac and then force the other Macs to inherit the same configuration. It can
be set to automatically bring back systems to a pristine state every night in a college lab or as
a way to distribute new system updates on demand.
Radmind supports multiple configurations so one Radmind server can handle several
departments in your organization, each with its own setup and applications.
At its core, Radmind operates as a tripwire; it is
able to detect differences between the server
and the client to any managed file system object,
e.g. files, directories, links, etc. However,
Radmind goes further than just integrity
checking: once a difference is detected,
Radmind can optionally take action.
This is ideal for small to large businesses as well
as schools and universities. Radmind not only
lets you upgrade and keep all…